ScamBare does not use advertising cookies, cross-site trackers, or third-party marketing pixels. The handful of things we store in your browser exist to make the site work and to remember your own game scores on your own device.
What we store
- Essential storage — keeps the site functioning during your visit, such as remembering that a page has already loaded its data.
- Local game scores — your best score in Spot the Scam, Inbox Zero, the Password Game, and the Phishing Quiz is saved in your browser's local storage. It never reaches our servers.
- Aggregate analytics — anonymous counts, such as how many checks returned a high-risk verdict. These contain no message content and no personal identifiers.
What we never store
We do not keep the messages you paste into the Scam Text Checker, and passwords created with the Password Generator are produced entirely inside your browser and never transmitted.
Third parties
We load typefaces from Google Fonts, which may log a standard web request — including your IP address — when the font files are fetched. We use aggregate analytics to count page views. We do not embed advertising networks or social media tracking widgets.
Managing cookies and storage
Every major browser lets you view and delete cookies and local storage from its privacy settings:
- Open your browser's settings and find the privacy or site data section.
- Search for scambare.com and clear its stored data.
- Reload the page — everything still works.
Clearing site data removes your saved game scores. Nothing else is affected, and you never need an account to use the site.
More information
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle data overall, and our Terms of Service for the rules of using the site. Questions? Reach us through the contact page.